I Grew Up a Mennonite | #mennonite #mystory #plautdietsch

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[Lorraine-yyey]

Good grief, Cornelius! You have lived an incredibly interesting life! From an adorable tyke growing up in a Mennonite community, to a horrible accident, to a knowledgeable pattern drafter and sewist, to a fabulous instructor, to one of my very favorite content creators. Nuthin' but mad respect and love!!❤

[kimmcalister]

The picture of you and your family is so sweet! Thank you for sharing your interesting life❤️

[veevee]

Im not surprised to learn that you are raised as a menonite. Its something about your kindness that is very telling in a wonderful way. Your birthplace surprised me, though. I like how your name is pronounced in your dialect. Thanks for sharing.

[ascolari]

My mom grew up Mennonite on a farm in Canada. She called their language low German, is that the same? Awesome channel, by the way! I looked up a rollkuchen video a few months ago and now I get a lot of Mennonite videos on my feed! 😂

[rinusgerlofsma]

Thanks for your pattern instructions. And me being Dutch I think we can al most understand one another in Plautdietsch.

[ram-ysuc]

This is awesome! I am half german and half dutch, so I guess I am somewhat of Plautdietsch speaker myself?🤷‍♂️ Jokes aside, I could actually understand the Plautdietsch, so cool :) By the way, you make very helpful videos, I just startet sewing and thanks to you I am almost able to make my own T-Shirts, I love it. Especially your older videos on how to make a T-Shirt are great, I actually made the same mistakes as you did, so now I don’t feel that stupid anymore (not that you are stupid), because you turned out to be great at sewing! I really like how you explain the concepts and not just how something is done, I think it is far more valuable to actually know how something works “under the hood” (I guess that is not the right expression here, but you get what I am saying). Anyways, thank you very much, all the best!👋

[marcydrake]

Oh Corn….you are just ridiculously cute and I probably shouldn’t say so, but…dang!!! 🥰😄

[ellenwood]

What a fascinating life you have lead! You are an excellent teacher and multi-lingual! You English is flawless! You are one of my favorite creators. I have learned so much. Thank you!

[EvaFriessen-wy]

And yes plautdietch has some Dutch, but since I'm actually in texas we mix Spanish into it as well

[lynniemlasaanthu]

Thank you for sharing your pattern making knowledge with us 😊

[leasmadello]

Love your videos❤ subscribed a while back and Always enjoy learning from you. I Always watch them, and I always find myself Binge watching them And Also binge watch again what I already watched too when I come across your videos out there streaming.
Enjoyed learning about this and about you

[TheWoodburningWarrior]

I knew there was something about you in your prosody of speaking. Can't wait for the next video!

[luktal]

You have Polish last name. In Polish it will be "Ćwirek".
The first sound in your surname is "Ć", it's a sonorous "c". It appears only in Polish (and in Plautdietsch of corse 😉 )

[lifeofjoy]

Your past is just chock full of interesting experiences!
Thanks for sharing!❤

[KlingonPrincess]

So interesting! I'd love to hear about your coming to America story. I once watched "Menonites' First Flight, " a documentary about a group who moved to Peru. It was interesting and moving. I'm going to have to look up the history of Menonites in South and Central America.

[chefjojo]

I watch you all the time. I enjoy your tutorial. Very, Very good.

[AlonsoQuijanoP]

tbh that sounds more like dutch with a sprinkle of german, and specially the writing is closer to dutch than to german.

[Nicoya]

I grew up around a lot of mennonites in Manitoba, and I never really gave them much thought. Looking back now they seem a little peculiar, but not in any negative way. Just a little out of the ordinary.

[patriciajrs]

Blondeich. That's intetesting. I thought you were American. Born in Paraguay. Very cool.
I'm pure American, a mutt in other words. Born USA, raised the same. Thank you for the language lesson. I love languages.

[cristiona]

Thank you very much for sharing this . I saw the video you did with your beautiful mum sewing a shirt. I have only just discovered your videos and I really love them.
Some sewing videos can be boring but yours are interesting and fun. Regards to yourself, your mum and family from Austalia.